The word of the day is “hapless.” Antonym: “hapful.”
“Hapless” came from the word “hap”, which meant: one’s luck or lot. Thus, “hapless” would mean luckless, or unfortunate, unlucky. Etymonline.com: “unfortunate,” c.1400, from hap (n.) in the sense “good luck” -less. Although “hap” has the meaning o…